Dear Friend,

This week, Republicans in Congress approved a funding package for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ensuring that Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have the resources they need through the end of President Trump’s term. 

More importantly, its passage finally slams the door on months of Democrats’ tired demands to “abolish ICE” and their endless obstruction tactics that led to a record-breaking 76-day unnecessary government shutdown.

That’s good news. Because since President Trump began his second term, Democrats have been demanding a return to Biden-era open borders policies and have done everything in their power to protect so-called “sanctuary” policies that put everyone at risk by allowing foreign criminals to run free in American neighborhoods.

It's also important to remember what an incredible job the brave men and women who defend our borders and our communities from illegal aliens have done in the face of relentless Democrat political brinksmanship.

In May, for example, DHS announced its twelfth consecutive month of zero releases at the US-Mexico border, following through on President Trump’s commitment to end the migrant invasion and the failed “catch and release” policies that defined the Biden years, when tens of thousands of illegal aliens were dumped into American communities month after month – including nearly 100 individuals on the terrorist watch list. 

While there is more work to do, we owe them all a great debt of gratitude.

President Trump signed the bill into law yesterday, meaning for at least the next two years, far-left Democrats can no longer play partisan games with our public safety and national security. You can see how House lawmakers voted on it here.

Thanks again for starting off your weekend with us! We will be back in two weeks with more.

Sincerely,





Tom Tiffany
Member of Congress

I will continue to fight to ensure only U.S. citizens are voting in U.S. elections. You can watch my interview on the SAVE America Act here.

Preventing waste, fraud, and abuse

Many Telegram readers are familiar with the billions of taxpayer dollars lost to fraud in Minnesota’s Medicaid, subsidized childcare, and other public assistance programs. But that may only be the tip of the iceberg. The Government Accountability Office estimates that $186 billion in taxpayer dollars was lost to fraudulent payments in FY 2025 alone. This week, House Republicans passed multiple bills to help protect taxpayers from scammers. The Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act gives federal agencies and the U.S. Treasury greater authority to identify and halt suspicious payments before they are distributed, shifting agency actions from recovery to prevention. You may also remember the widespread fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic, when relief funds intended to help struggling Americans were instead used by criminals to purchase luxury cars, real estate, and lavish lifestyles, and Wisconsin was not immune. The Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act strengthens oversight of emergency spending, expands anti-fraud tools, and establishes a permanent watchdog to help prevent similar abuses in future national emergencies. Taxpayer dollars should support the people and programs they were intended to help, not line the pockets of criminals. Despite bipartisan support, the vast majority of Democrats voted no on these efforts to crack down on fraud. You can view those votes here and here.

Protecting the outdoors

This week, I helped introduce the bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act 250 (GAOA 250), which invests $1.9 billion in national parks and public lands for the next five years. This funding will be paid for with new foreign visitor fees, private donations, and onshore energy revenue. We learned a lot from the first five years of the Great American Outdoors Act and the mismanagement of funds we saw under the Biden Administration when, despite dedicated funding to address deferred maintenance on public lands, the backlog continued to increase. That is why GAOA 250 builds off the lessons we learned and implements a lot of great updates to the program to ensure that more projects get done and that our public lands better serve the American people. Not only will these funds be used to tackle high priority deferred maintenance on our public lands, but also there will be a focus on recreation infrastructure. With the creation of the outdoor recreation and sportsmen’s access pilot program, there will be a new emphasis on improving hunting and fishing access and things like campgrounds, trails, and boat ramps, as well as wildlife habitat conservation. It also expands the role for public-private partnerships and opportunities for private donations, both of which can be a force multiplier in helping more projects get done and faster. I look forward to further advancing this bill and getting it to the President’s desk in honor of America’s 250th birthday this year. There are many reasons to be excited about the GAOA 250, and you can learn more about it here.

Committee Update

Judiciary

The SPLC’s hate-funding machine

In April, the Department of Justice released a federal grand jury indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) which accuses the organization of spending over $4 million to individuals in the Ku Klux Klan, National Socialist Party, and other extremist organization. While the SPLC markets themselves as a civil rights organization, they have intentionally been funding the same hate they proclaim to fight against. At the same time, they have also taken a disingenuous and one-sided approach in labeling some so-called “hate organizations.” Many conservative organizations such as Moms for Liberty have been labeled as “hate groups” while excluding truly violent left-wing groups like Antifa. During my questioning in the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, the SPLC’s CEO Bryan Fair stated that these groups are hateful simply because they advocate for family values, parental rights, and preventing the gender mutilation of minors. It is not hateful to stand up for our kids, to let parents have a say in their child’s education, nor prevent the promotion of harmful political ideologies in our schools. I will continue to make sure that our children are receiving a good education - not indoctrination - and will work to ensure that organizations like the SPLC no longer have a say in what is being taught in our classrooms.

District Update

Photo of the week

This week, I had the opportunity to meet the third-place winners of the SIFMA Foundation’s annual Capitol Hill stock market challenge from Laona High School. This challenge is a great opportunity for students to earn a deeper understanding of personal finance and economics. If you have a photo of Wisconsin you would like to share, please send it to [email protected] with your name and location. Your photo could be featured in next week’s Telegram!

Congratulations to Laona students for earning Capitol Hill challenge honors.

Resources

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